– Dominique Strauss-Kahn is found guilty of at least one of the seven counts in a trial by jury or judge &#8211- Dominique Strauss-Kahn pleads guilty to at least one of the seven counts

The contract will settle (expire) at 0 ($0.00) if (including, but not limited to):

– Dominique Strauss-Kahn is found not guilty of all seven counts in a trial by jury or judge – All counts are dropped – The case is dismissed– A mistrial is declared (for all counts)– Dominique Strauss-Kahn pleads guilty to lesser charges only as part of a plea agreement (please note that if Strauss-Kahn pleads guilty to any of the original charges as part of plea agreement the contract will expire at 100)

This market covers only the charges covered in the complaint. Any other criminal or civil cases will not be considered when expiring this market.

The contracts will be paused if possible when a verdict is about to be announced and will be expired as soon as that decision is made public.

The end date on the contract is for indication purposes only. This date may be extended if necessary.

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BetFair stated to me that, &#8220-Residents of Monaco are allow to use Betfair and all the accounts from Monaco are still opened.&#8221- Monaco people using a French ISP might run into temporary problems, though.

So, it seems that the few Monaco people reporting problems to me are in the minority, and there is no BetFair policy blocking Monaco bettors. Good to hear.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 30, Plaintiff will take the deposition of PRINCE ALBERT II OF MONACO on July 12, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. at the Santa Barbara College of Law, located at 20 E. Victoria Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101. The deposition will be recorded stenographically and by videotape.

The matters for examination will include (1) Robert Eringer’s activities on behalf of the Principality of Monaco and Prince Albert II, (2) facts and circumstances surrounding his employment contract, (3) the duties performed by the Mr. Eringer during the course of his employment, (4) documents attached to plaintiff’s requests for admission served on defendant, (5) documents produced pursuant to plaintiff’s document demand served on defendant.

DATED: June 14, 2010RICKS LAWBy:_______________________________

Brigham J. RicksAttorney for PlaintiffRobert Eringer

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STATEMENT FROM RICKS LAW

Notice of Deposition of Prince Albert II

The parties in the lawsuit have been ordered by the Court to conduct discovery into the facts and circumstances surrounding Robert Eringer’s contract with the Principality of Monaco and the duties he performed. Prince Albert (1) directly hired Eringer, (2) personally negotiated the terms of the contract and subsequent amendments, and (3) exclusively and solely directed Eringer’s intelligence activities and received Eringer’s oral and written reports. Besides Eringer, Prince Albert is the only witness with personal knowledge of the facts and evidence the Court is requiring. Only Prince Albert can confirm or dispute Eringer’s testimony and evidence.

Therefore, Eringer’s attorney has sent Monaco a Notice of Deposition for Prince Albert to be deposed on 12 July 2010 in Santa Barbara, California.

UPDATE: BetFair stated to me that, &#8220-Residents of Monaco are allow to use Betfair and all the accounts from Monaco are still opened.&#8221- Monaco people using a French ISP might run into temporary problems, though.

So, it seems that the few Monaco people reporting problems to me are in the minority, and there is no BetFair policy blocking Monaco bettors. Good to hear.

A Senate hearing on Tuesday looked at ways in which the French authorities could make it more difficult for operators not licensed in France from offering their products to French citizens.

They are now looking at adding wording to the new gambling bill, set to &#8216-open up&#8217- the market in time for the World Cup this summer, that makes it illegal for any French-based company from taking advertising or even simply linking to certain sites.

Those sites based inside France, including multi-nationals with French subsidiares, notably Google, found to be &#8216-aiding and abetting&#8217- (no pun intended) foreign operators could face fines of up to €100,000.

This is just another example of the French bill being a facade. They want to appear like they are liberalising their market, to fit in with EU rules, but clearly they are going to make it as hard as possible for foreign operators to offer their services to value-deprived French citizens, and are even looking to make it difficult for those who do apply for a French license.

At what point is someone going to wake up and say &#8216-enough is enough&#8217-? Don&#8217-t wait for someone else to do it, sign our petition today and add your voice to the thousands of EU citizens already calling for fairness in online gambling.